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as in volatile
likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly
a fickle friendship that was on and off over the years
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as in traitorous
not true in one's allegiance to someone or something
when the family's fortune disappeared, so did their fickle friends
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Recent Examples of fickle
Our opera comes and goes, fickle as flood-drought weather.
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
While unwelcome, this might have been dismissed as a fickle and politically inflected data series had it not been preceded by Walmart’s cautious first-quarter guidance, the shortfall in January retail sales, a soft services-sector gauge and rollovers in some travel-and-dining stocks.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
Central Cee got a taste of the fickle nature of stardom over this last week.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 3 Feb. 2025
But, public opinion can be fickle for leaders and candidates on both political sides.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fickle
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Relievers have always been volatile, prone to inconsistency and bouts of wildness.—
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Mitch McConnell Breaks with Trump by Blasting Global Tariff Plan: 'Trade Wars Hurt Working People Most' While stocks are volatile, experts advise relying on stable cash investments, which will be able to mitigate the years after retirement when people may need to dip into savings.—
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Foreign military interventions can change victims from being viewed as a nuisance into being seen as powerful and traitorous enemies, potentially capable of exacting revenge, seizing power, or breaking away from the state.—
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But what will their first move as a traitorous duo be?—
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Of course, politics is unpredictable, and his message could, in theory, have more resonance with Democratic primary voters this time around.—
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Towards the end of the first decade of the century, the Nike Total 90 range was incredibly unpredictable in the air.—
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There are several advanced monitoring components: • Outlier Detection: Flags anomalous predictions that may be unreliable for production use, particularly important given the noisy nature of real-world data.—
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To be sure, these predictions are notoriously unreliable, but the fact remains that Wall Street, which cheered Trump’s election, is losing faith.—
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Their stories are full of danger: treacherous rivers, unforgiving terrain, and the constant threat of violence and exploitation.—
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But in between lies a tense and treacherous journey…In Wolof and French with English subtitles.—
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Nothing progressive or compassionate about continuing that false hope which attracts people to make those journeys.—
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In the case against Allied Van Lines Moving and Storage, the larger Allied Van Lines Inc. accused the defendant of trademark infringement, false descriptions, federal trademark dilution, cybersquatting, injury to its business reputation and dilution, and misappropriation and unfair competition.—
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Much like a patient who fails to finish a course of antibiotics, inconstant policies may incur all the costs and none of the benefits.—
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On paper, Bridget can be compellingly hard to pin down, inconstant and ironic, messily self-aware, undeniably human.—
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“Fickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fickle. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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